1.   America Online said Sunday that it would take steps to fix flaws in its network that allowed hackers to get access to personal information about some members last week.

2.   A number of experts on privacy issues warned that a determined hacker could probably get into protected records.

3.   But how can a hacker get your IP address?

4.   But they insisted there was no way the hackers could get access to the credit information on individual subscribers.

5.   Deutch and his family used these computers to access the Internet, opening a connection through which hackers could theoretically get at the classified information.

6.   Hackers can get their mitts on your files and do a lot of damage.

7.   If a hacker gets into your machine, he can do anything you can do, including deleting files or looking at personal or financial information.

8.   In no case did the hacker get secret information or break in and steal passwords or personal data.

9.   In March, hackers got into the computer belonging to Sam Jain, CEO of the Costa Mesa, Calif.-based Internet company eFront.

10.   Some system administrators feared that hackers would get hold of it and wreak havoc on Internet sites that SATAN revealed were vulnerable.